Thursday, December 6, 2007

Oh Holy Night Party

Well, Hi it's been a while since we posted!!! It seems like life is a whirl wind sometimes!!! Well, as some of you know Larry's favorite song of all time (at least Christmas) is Oh Holy Night. Over the years he has collected many artists versions of Oh Holy Night. His least favorite is Michael Bolton and his favorite it John Berry who is a country singer who did not become famous because he got sick and couldn't continue his career. Well, Larry is always looking for someone to sing this song to him in person. Two years ago he got Nathan Balsar to sing it for him. Nathan has done many plays at Tuacan and was here in Mama Mia and traveled with Kathy Rigby in Peter Pan as a pirate. He is so talented by now lives in New Jersey and is pursuing his career in New York. He was just in the musical "Legally Blonde" it was on MTV so we got to see him in it. Well, as luck would have it, we have MORE TALENT in our ward (this is a different ward than we were in with the Balsars). Our Bishop and his wife both performed on Broadway and lived in New York for a while. Our Bishop, David Skousen plays the organ, piano and leads orchestras, choirs etc., his wife Tara plays the Harp like an angel. Then we have Shannon Winkle who sings so, so, so, awesomely!!!! Well, Shannon and her husband and new baby came and the Skousen's were supposed to come too but being Bishop had to go on an 11 year old scout camp so we got another talented member of our ward to play the piano. We had dinner and then we were sung to by one of the best and it was un- believable!!! Shannon sings in Gladys Knights Choir and teaches singing and dancing etc. anyway it was a wonderful experience and a great way to start the holidays. More info to come soon about our trip to Disney Land/Tower or Terror!

2 comments:

tiffany said...

it was a fun party i loved holding the baby he is cute

Michelle said...

Lucky! I love Christmas music and performances. And ... HEY!!! David and Tara Skousen lived here in our ward about 10 years ago. At least, I think it was them. Sure sounds familiar. They were really good friends with the Loughmillers - who I also was really good friends with. So ... don't know if they'll remember us in particular (they moved shortly after we bought our condo) - but ask them, k? And, if it is the same Skousens ... yes - VERY musical.